What is AIEEE

• Who?:  Students who have passed the 10+2 (Class XII) or an equivalent exam from a recognized board in India with 50% marks for general category candidates and 40% for SC/ST/OBC/PH category candidates. Those appearing for the qualifying examination in the same year may also appear in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE). The upper age limit to be eligible for the exam is 25 years. However, there is relaxation of 5 years for SC/ST/PH candidates. A student can attempt the entrance examination consecutively for a maximum of three years.
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  What?: All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) is an all-India common entrance examination for admission to Engineering and Architecture or Planning programmes at the undergraduate level. The exam is conducted each year by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Candidates who qualify AIEEE can seek admission into universities and institutions all over India for BE, B.Tech, B.Arch or B.Planning courses.
  • When?: The AIEEE is held every year for admission into various undergraduate engineering and architecture courses in different institutes across the country. The test is usually scheduled in April and results declared in May. This year the exam date is 1^st May, 2011
  • Where?: The AIEEE examination is held in different institutions in various cities across India. For the first time, the exam will be held online on a limited scale next year for BE/B.Tech only and the remaining candidates will appear offline as conducted earlier.
  • Why?: Under the National Policy on Education (NPE) 1986, Programme of Action (PoA) 1992 conceptualized a common entrance examination on an all India basis for admission to Engineering and Architecture/Planning programmes in the country. AIEEE (All India Engineering Entrance Examination) is conducted each year by the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) as per a government of India Resolution dated 18th October 2001, which approved a three-exam Scheme. The three-exam scheme includes JEE and AIEEE at the national level and the State Level Engineering Entrance Examinations (SLEEE) for state level institutions with an option to join AIEEE. This helps in maintaining a professional standard of the tests. This also resolves troubles of overlaps and reduces the physical, mental and economic load on students owing to multiple entrance examinations. The All India Engineering Entrance Examination is considered a pre-requisite condition to seek admission into BE, B.Tech, B.Arch or B.Planning programmes in numerous universities and institutions all over India. The All India Engineering Entrance Examination is definitely one of the most prestigious engineering entrance examinations of India.
    For further details please refer to the AIEEE website at http://aieee.nic.in